- "I "listen" to my Spider-Sense with every ounce of concentration and spring when it gets the loudest!!"
- ― Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- "I have some form of Bat-radar."
- ― Michael Morbius (Morbius 2022)
The power to determine the location of objects in the environment by use of reflected sound waves. Sub-power of Sound Manipulation. Variation of Vibration Detection.
Also Called[]
- Bio-Sonar
- Echolocative Radar Sense
- Radar Pulse
Capabilities[]
Users can emit sound waves and use the echoes that return from various objects to locate and identify the objects. Alternately, they can use ambient sounds to do the same. Since this ability isn't based on sight/light, Invisibility is useless against it, as are most forms of Camouflage. The user can perceive one's surroundings by making a noise and listening for the reverberating sound waves. They can determine the location of objects or other individuals in the environment by use of reflected sound or sound waves.
Echolocating animals emit calls out to the environment and listen to the echoes of those calls that return from various objects near them. They use these echoes to locate and identify the objects. Echolocation is used for navigation and hunting in various environments. Water-based creatures are able to use echolocation to locate and track down objects deep underwater in within dark and narrow openings and crevices of the marshes.
Applications[]
- Blindsight
- Enhanced Hearing
- Invisibility Awareness because the sound bounces off the body of the invisible entity.
- Radar
Techniques[]
- Illusion Awareness: Illusions lack mass from which sound would bounce.
Variations[]
- Energy Senses: Senses can be used for similar effect.
- Seismic Sense: Sense vibrations from solid objects.
- Sonar: Echolocation using water as a medium instead of air.
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- May be dulled by illness if the user is sick.
- May be dulled by pain if the user is injured.
- Sound Absorption/Negation
- Completely negated by Inaudibility.
- Blocked by powers that can prevent/dampen soundwaves (Air Manipulation, Force-Field Generation, etc.).
- Users may have sensitive ears, which can be painful because other sounds may throw off this ability's effectiveness or it can be overloaded if there are too many sensory impressions.
- Too many people and objects around the user may make it difficult to find the right one to focused on unless they have a method to easily distinguish them.
- Depends on how user's powers work, certain things may not be detectable.
- Users with Supernatural or Absolute Speed may be too fast to sense and detect.
- Exact sensitivity and range of sensing can vary by individual.
Known Users[]
See Also: Mysterious Animal Senses
Anime/Mangha
- Tenpouin Yuuki (Code: Breaker)
- Nayuta (Darwin's Game)
- Tengen Uzui (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Inaba Ui (Killing Bites)
- Morgiana (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
- Tohru (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
- Tomokui Kanata/Rou (Re: Monster)
- Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire)
- Tsukuna Aono (Rosario + Vampire)
- Zebra (Toriko)
Cartoons/Comics
- Batfink (Batfink)
- Sonorosians (Ben 10 series)
- Echo Echo
- Ultimate Echo Echo
- Echo Echo
- Multiple Characters (DC Comics)
- Kryptonians
- Terry McGinnis/Batman Beyond (DC Animated Universe) via Batsuit
- Bailey (Finding Dory)
- Night Furies (How To Train Your Dragon)
- Jacob Pevsner (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Lexi Bunny (Loonatics Unleashed)
- Multiple characters (Marvel Comics)
- Matthew Murdock/Daredevil
- Michael Morbius
- Alex Dorsalfin (Mermaid Magic)
- Raymond Connor/Daredevil (Ultimate Marvel)
- Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Musa (Winx Club)
- Gigantron (Ultraman: Rising)
- Emi
Literature
- Asa Palmer (The Academy)
- Chris Gordon (Demon Accords)
- Li Yong (Ripley's Bureau of Investigation)
Live Television/Movies
- Sonic Alphas (Alphas)
- Dr. Graham Kern
- River Tam (Firefly)
- Barugon (Gamera vs Barugon)
- Guiron (Gamera vs Guiron)
- MUTOs (Godzilla)
- Titanosaurus (Godzilla)
- Locus (Inhumans)
- Indoraptor (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
- Neo (The Matrix)
- Future Predators (Primeval)
- RoboCop (RoboCop)
- Juan Ruiz (Stan Lee's Superhumans)
- Noiseler (Ultraman series)
- Arigera (Ultraman series)
- Livyjira (Ultraman Arc)
- Togrutas (Star Wars)
- Death Angels (A Quiet Place)
Video Games
- The creature (Carrion)
- Bats (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
- Master Chief (Halo)
- Cole MacGrath (Infamous) via Radar Pulse
- Clickers (The Last of Us)
- Bloaters (The Last of Us)
- Venom Snake (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Wardens (Minecraft)
- Lickers (Resident Evil)
- Gligar-Gliscor (Pokémon)
- Noibat-Noivern (Pokémon)
- Some Water-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Zubat-Golbat-Crobat (Pokémon)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Various characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Inklings (Splatoon); via Echolocator
Other
- Batsy Claro (Monster High)
- SCP-025-FR Silent Killer (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2191-1 - "Dracula Factory" (SCP Foundation)